Subj : "sad... especially in this day"
To   : mark lewis
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Feb 10 2020 23:31:00

Hello mark!

** 26.01.20 - 08:21, mark lewis wrote to Martin Foster:

 ml>>> instead of faffing about with nodediffs, can you simply replace the
 ml>>> nodelist with a daily nodelist and the tool will automatically see
 ml>>> the nodelist is different and recompile its indexes?

 MF>> Thanks for the suggestion but that method won't work with OpenXP.

 ml>that's kinda sad... especially in this day in time ;)


I've just learned that OXP is designed to process the diffs automatically,  
but not a fresh incoming full nodelist.  So, in theory, I would imagine  
that it could work if the daily nodelist had a matching daily diff.

I guess that importing/compiling the full nodelist manually was a concious  
design decision. But, we'll never know the original reason at this time.

Further to what is "sad... especially in this day", there are probably far  
more examples of FTN programs that are not going to get any improvements  
or fixes at all, yet they are accomodated without incident, for now.

Y2K-broken programs have probably left the FTN scene gracefully.

And unless we all move to 64-bit OS/programs, will many 32-bit programs  
that rely on dates (like this OXP) expire on March 19 2038 03:14:07 UTC?


  ../|ug

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